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Jared Allen

Pass rusher successful everywhere he went

Jared Allen has been one of the most successful pass rushers of the past decade, with Kansas City and Minnesota, primarily, but also doing good work with Chicago and Carolina the last couple of seasons. He announced his retirement yesterday, bringing to an end a stellar 12-year career.

Allen made the announcement in appropriately colorful fashion -- sharing a video of himself riding off into the sunset on horseback.

Allen reached double-digit sacks eight times in those 12 seasons, and his teams finished in the top 10 in sacks seven times out of 12. Since coming to Minnesota back in 2008, only once did his team finish below-average in sacks.

Allen's career sack totals and his team's ranking in that category in each of his seasons are presented below.

JARED ALLEN'S SACKS, 2004-2015
YearAllenTeam (Rk)
20049.09th
200511.026th
20067.523rd
200715.09th
200814.54th
200914.51st
201011.020th
201122.01st
201212.05th
201311.513th
20145.516th
20152.06th

--Andy Richardson

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